Timeline of Cincinnati

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

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Prior to 19th century

• 1788 - Losantiville settled.[1]
• 1789 - Fort Washington built.
• 1790 - Losantiville renamed "Cincinnati."[1]
• 1791 - First Presbyterian Society formed.[2]
• 1793 - Centinel of the North-Western Territory newspaper begins publication.[3]
• 1799 - Western Spy, and Hamilton Gazette newspaper begins publication.[3]

19th century

• 1802 - David Ziegler becomes mayor.
• 1804 - Methodist Episcopal Society founded.[2]
• 1810 - Population: 2,540.[4]
• 1811 - New Jerusalem Society instituted.[2]
• 1813 - Society of Friends formed.[2]
• 1814
  • Circulating Library Society of Cincinnati founded.[5]
  • German Christian Society instituted.[2]
• 1817
  • Cincinnati Bell, Brass and Iron Foundry established.[2]
  • Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated.[2]
  • Episcopal Society organized.[2]
  • Female Association for the Benefit of Africans formed.[2]
• 1818
  • Western Museum Society instituted.[2]
  • Roman Catholic Society organized.[2]
  • Population: 9,120.[2]
  • Letton's Museum opens.[6]
• 1819
  • Cincinnati College founded.
  • Liberty Hall and Cincinnati Gazette newspaper begins publication.[3]
  • Haydn Society instituted.[2]
  • Cincinnati Medical Society established.[2]
• 1821 - Apprentices' Library founded.[6]
• 1822 - Jewish congregation established.[6]
• 1825 - Cincinnati Steam Paper Mill established.
• 1826
  • Cincinnati Type Foundry in operation.[7]
  • Cincinnati Colonization Society organized.[8]
• 1827 - Cincinnati Time Store established.
• 1828 - Frances Trollope's bazaar in business.[9]
• 1829
  • Lane Theological Seminary established.
  • Cincinnati riots of 1829; ethnic whites attack blacks
• 1834
  • Cincinnati receives national attention for the debates on slavery held over 18 evenings in February (see Lane Theological Seminary#The slavery debates).
• 1835
  • Young Men's Mercantile Library opens.[5][10]
  • First bag of airmail, which was lifted by a hot air balloon
• 1836
  • The Philanthropist (Cincinnati, Ohio) and German/English-language Volksblatt[11] begin publication.
  • Cincinnati riots of 1836; whites attack blacks
• 1839 - Ohio Mechanics' Institute fair held.[12]
• 1840 - Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge organized.[13]
• 1841 - Cincinnati riots of 1841; whites attack blacks
• 1843 - Whitewater Canal built.
• 1844 - Cincinnati Historical Society organized.
• 1847 - Strobridge Lithography Company in business.[14]
  • First Jewish hospital in the United States opens
• 1848 - Turners' Library in operation.[5]
• 1849
  • 1849 - First city in the U.S. to hold a municipal song festival, named Saengerfest
  • Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio relocates to Cincinnati.[15]
  • Carthage Road Cemetery founded.
• 1850
  • Cincinnati Volksfreund begins publication.
  • First city in the U.S. where a Jewish hospital was founded
  • Population: 115,435.[4]
• 1851 - J. P. Ball photography studio and gallery in operation.[16]
• 1852 - Convention of Colored Freemen held.[17]
• 1853
  • Cincinnati riot of 1853; anti-Catholic riot
  • First practical steam fire engine. First city to establish a municipal fire department and first fire pole.
• 1854 - Mendenhall's Circulating Library in operation.[5]
• 1855 - Cincinnati riots of 1855; whites attacked German-Americans
• 1856 - Ehrgott & Forbriger established.
• 1858 - Daily Penny Press begins publication.[18]
• 1859 - The first horse-drawn streetcars are introduced.
• 1867
  • Public Library established.[5]
  • Cincinnati Conservatory of Music founded.
• 1869
  • Cincinnati Reds founded
  • First weather bureau.
• 1870
  • First municipal university - the University of Cincinnati
  • First city to hold annual industrial expositions
  • Population: 216,239.[4]
• 1871 - Tyler Davidson Fountain dedicated.
• 1872
  • Cincinnati Bar Association established.[19]
  • Cincinnati Orchestra founded.
• 1873 - Wielert's built.
• 1876 - 1876 Republican National Convention
  • 1875 - Hebrew Union College, the first Jewish theological school, was established.

Cincinnati Zoo opensCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.

• 1877 - Cincinnati Southern Railway begins operating.[20]
• 1878 - Music Hall built.
• 1880
  • 1880 Democratic National Convention
  • Population: 255,139.[4]
• 1884 - Cincinnati riots of 1884
• 1885 - Cincinnati Stock Exchange founded.
• 1888 - City hosts Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States.[21]
• 1889

Cincinnati Reds baseball team in 1909

The Cincinnati Red Stockings left the American Association on November 14, 1889 and joined the National League along with the Brooklyn Bridegrooms after a dispute with St. Louis Browns owner Chris Von Der Ahe over the selection of a new league president.

• • Cincinnati Milling Machine Company incorporated.
  • Cincinnati streetcar system begins operating electric streetcars.
• 1893 - Cincinnati Orchestra Association founded.
• 1896 - Business Men's Club of Cincinnati incorporated.[22]

20th century

• 1900 - Population: 325,902.[23]
• 1902 - First reinforced concrete skyscraper - the Ingalls Building.
• 1905 - U.S. premier of Mahler's Symphony No. 5.
• 1906 - First university to offer cooperative education, University of Cincinnati.
• 1909 - Evening School for Foreigners opens.[24]
• 1911 - Mount Airy Forest established.
• 1912 - Labor Advocate newspaper begins publication.[25]

In 1912, the Cincinnati Reds opened a new steel-and-concrete ballpark, Redland Field (later to be known as Crosley Field).

• 1914 - Martha, the last passenger pigeon, dies at the Cincinnati Zoo.[26]
• 1916 - 9th Street YMCA opens.[27]

Hall of famer Edd Roush led Cincinnati to the 1919 World Series.

• 1920 - Population: 401,247.[4]
• 1926 - Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1926–1930) in operation.
• 1928 - LeBlond Aircraft Engine Corporation established.
• 1930 - Population: 451,160
• 1930 - Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad in operation.
• 1933 - Cincinnati Union Terminal opens.
• 1937 - Ohio River flood of 1937
• 1940 - Population: 455,610
• 1950 - Population:503,998
• 1951 - Last line of the Cincinnati streetcar system is abandoned.
• 1952 - First heart-lung machine- makes open heart surgery possible. Developed at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
• 1954 - First licensed public television station, WCET. [28]
• 1960 - Population: 502,550.[4]
• 1967 - Race riot in Avondale.
• 1968 - Riot in Avondale following the assassination of Martin Luther King.

The Reds played at Crosley Field, pictured here in 1969, from 1912 to 1970.

• 1977 - National Rifle Association convention held in city.[29]
• 1978 - Great Blizzard of 1978
• 1979 - 1979 The Who concert disaster
• 1983 - Air Canada Flight 797 accident
• 1987 - Sister city relationship established with Munich, Germany.[30]
• 1988 - Sister city relationships established with Gifu, Gifu, Japan and Liuzhou, China.[30]
• 1989 - Sister city relationship established with Kharkiv, Ukraine.[30]
• 1990
  • Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal opens.
  • Cincinnati History Museum opens.
  • Population: 364,040.[4]
  • Sister city relationship established with Harare, Zimbabwe.[30]
• 1991 - Sister city relationship established with Nancy, France.[30]
• 1994 - Sister city relationship established with New Taipei, Taiwan.[30]
• 1998 - City website online (approximate date).[31][32]
• 1999 - April 1999 Cincinnati tornado

21st century

• 2000
  • Population: 331,285.[23]
  • Paul Brown Stadium opens as the new home of the Cincinnati Bengals.
  • Cintas Center opens as the new home of Xavier University's basketball and volleyball teams.
• 2001 - Cincinnati riots of 2001.[33]
• 2003 – Great American Ball Park opens as the new home of the Cincinnati Reds.
• 2005 - Mark Mallory becomes mayor.[34]
• 2011 – The annual rivalry game between the men's basketball teams of the city's two NCAA Division I schools, the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University, ends in a bench-clearing brawl.
• 2012 - Sister city relationship established with Mysore, India.[30]
• 2014 – A basketball game between the women's teams of the local Mount St. Joseph University and Northeast Ohio school Hiram College, focusing on terminally ill MSJ player Lauren Hill, becomes a national event, eventually receiving an ESPY Award in 2015.
• 2016
  • On May 28, a three-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo and was subsequently grabbed and dragged by Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla. Afraid for the boy's life, zoo officials made the decision to shoot and kill Harambe. Sparking much controversy, the incident quickly became known internationally.
  • The Cincinnati Bell Connector streetcar system opens.
  • FC Cincinnati begins play in the United Soccer League.
• 2017 – On January 24, a Nile hippopotamus that would be named Fiona was born at the Cincinnati Zoo six weeks prematurely at about half the normal birth weight for her species. During the zoo's successful attempt to save her, it posted regular social media updates on her progress, and she became the zoo's biggest attraction and a worldwide Internet celebrity.
• 2018 – On May 29, Major League Soccer announced that FC Cincinnati would move from the USL to MLS effective with the 2019 season.
• 2019
  • March 3 – FC Cincinnati made its MLS debut, losing 4–1 at Seattle Sounders FC.
  • March 17 – FC Cincinnati made its MLS home debut, winning 3–0 over the Portland Timbers.

Expected future events

• 2021 – The new home of FC Cincinnati, currently known as West End Stadium, is expected to open.

See also

• History of Cincinnati
• List of mayors of Cincinnati
• Timeline of Ohio[35][36]
• Timeline of Newport, Kentucky, in vicinity of Cincinnati

Other cities in Ohio

• Timeline of Cleveland
• Timeline of Columbus, Ohio
• Timeline of Toledo, Ohio

References

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2. Farnsworth 1819.
3. "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
4. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
5. Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
6. Drake 1827.
7. "Cincinnati Type Foundry," Ohio State Journal And Columbus Gazette; Date: 07-06-1826
8. Proceedings of the Cincinnati Colonization Society, Cincinnati: Printed by F.S. Benton, 1833, OCLC 25491490, OL 13504224M
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10. Catalogue of the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association, of Cincinnati, Cincinnati: Truman & Spofford, 1855, OCLC 8823275, OL 6999500M
11. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045474/
12. Proceedings of the second annual fair of the Ohio Mechanics' Institute. 1839
13. Cist 1841.
14. "Gaylord Oscar Shepherd Collection of Strobridge Lithography Company Calendar Cards". University of Cincinnati. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
15. Cincinnati History Library and Archives. "History of the Library". Retrieved September 2, 2012.
16. Cincinnati History Library and Archives. "J. P. Ball, African American Photographer". Retrieved September 2, 2012.
17. "Conventions Organized by Year". Colored Conventions. University of Delaware. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
18. "Chronicling America". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
19. Cincinnati Bar Association, 1872-1922, Cincinnati: The Association, 1922, OL 13521732M
20. Harrison 1878.
21. Official guide of the Centennial exposition of the Ohio Valley and central states, Cincinnati: J. F. C. Mullen, 1888, OL 24963316M
22. Business Men's Club of Cincinnati 1902.
23. U.S. Census Bureau, "Mini-Historical Statistics: Population of the Largest 75 Cities: 1900 to 2000" (PDF), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003
24. National Education Association 1915.
25. "Chronicling America". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
26. Richard Kurin (2013). Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-101-63877-4.
27. Nina Mjagkij (1994). Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2801-3.
28. "CET, Celebrating 50 Years". CETconnect.org. Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
29. Gregg Lee Carter, ed. (2012). "Chronology". Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-38671-8.
30. "Cincinnati USA Sister City Association". Retrieved December 30, 2014.
31. "City of Cincinnati City Government". Archived from the original on December 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
32. "Cincinnati Redesigns Web Site", Cincinnati Enquirer, May 6, 2003
33. Robin D. G. Kelley and Earl Lewis, ed. (2005). "Chronology". To Make Our World Anew: a History of African Americans. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983893-6.
34. "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
35. Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Chronology", Ohio Guide, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press – via Google Books
36. "Timeline of Ohio History". Ohio History Central. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio History Connection.

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Published in the 20th century

• Business Men's Club of Cincinnati (1902), Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio: Webb Stationery and Printing Co., OCLC 14585857, OL 24780926M
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External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Cincinnati, various dates